05/18/10 - Tuesday

Suit: Hart Schaffner Marx / Shirt: Banana Republic / Tie: Old Navy / Belt: -



Liked it. Think this shirt/tie combination would look good with a creme colored suit, will have to try that out next time.

04/21/10 - Wednesday

Shirt: Jos A Bank / Tie: Old Navy / Belt: GAP / Pants: Perry Ellis



And so the countdown begins...

2 more days until vacation...



Shirt was clearly designed for men with beer bellies.
Taking it to the tailor to have have the sides taken in.

03/31/10 - Wednesday

Suit: Jos A Bank / Shirt: Calvin Klein / Tie: Old Navy / Belt: GAP



Continued with the pocket-square approach in regards to my tie. i.e. not having it match any other color of the outfit.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained...

02/02/10 - Tuesday

Shirt: Jos A Bank / Tie: Old Navy / Belt: GAP / Pants: Michael Brandon




Solid contributor off of the bench, as usual.

01/28/10 - Thursday

Shirt: Banana Republic / Tie: Old Navy / Belt: GAP / Pants: Michael Brandon



Re-run of an outfit I wore before.

Really like the colors.




On the way to work...

01/21/10 - Thursday

Shirt: Jos A Bank / Tie: Old Navy / Belt: GAP / Pants: Michael Brandon



Nice color scheme, shirt fits a little big though.

01/19/10 - Tuesday

Shirt: Calvin Klein / Tie: Old Navy / Belt: GAP / Pants: Calvin Klein



Never thought of combining this shirt and tie before.

Worked out, imo.








"Why so ..."

11/25/09 - Wednesday

Shirt: Perry Ellis / Tie: old Navy / Belt: Express / Pants: Calvin Klein





The East Coast hasn't been as cold as I expected.

It has made the adjustment from Cali that much easier.






51st & 7th

11/09/09 - Monday

Shirt: Jos A Bank / Tie: Old Navy / Belt: GAP/ Pants: Claiborne



Clean look, mean color scheme

11/04/09 - Wednesday

Suit: Jos A Bank / Shirt: Jos A Bank / Tie: Old Navy / Belt: GAP



Like this combination, which was paired with a suit this time.


Side note: I haven't seen funky/edgy Old Navy ties in a while and it had me thinking, could they have stopped offering such ties as a result of upper management's rocky breakup with (ex) lead designer Todd Oldham? Hmmm one can only speculate.






From the Business Week article "Old Navy May Still Be at Sea":

Although harnessing the power of a celebrity designer was by then common, few retailers had tried it the way Old Navy set out to. Usually designers put together a line of their own or create a one-time collection to get people talking. Either way, they are fairly isolated from the everyday workings of the company. Oldham, however, who traveled back and forth between New York and San Francisco, was supposed to inspire and motivate the designers in any way he saw fit. The idea of a well-known fashion figure hovering over the entire creative process at a retailer the size of Old Navy was an altogether different undertaking, one that would require finesse and tenacity.

Changing Old Navy's attitude toward design was going to be a challenge, especially for someone working part-time and without any direct authority or reliable means of persuasion. To spark designers' imaginations, Oldham created a library of fashion monographs, old magazines, and catalogs that reflected his aesthetic: bold, colorful, retro. He showed a marching band uniform, a varsity sweater; he combined a Fifties prom skirt with a ski sweater from the Seventies. "My ideas weren't supposed to go into the stores," Oldham says. "What inspires a designer might horrify a merchant. My goal was to inspire the designers to create something appropriate for the merchants."

But it quickly became clear that some of Old Navy's more literal-minded merchants were skeptical that the designers could interpret Oldham's ideas. "Right from the beginning, I sensed that Todd wasn't the right fit," says David Fox, who returned to Old Navy in November 2007 after a three-year absence specifically to work with Oldham. "As much as the company may want to be creatively driven, it hasn't ever been. It wasn't then. It isn't now. In order to be successful there, you have to understand that."

10/15/09 - Thursday

Suit: Jos A Bank / Shirt: Jos A Bank / Tie: Old Navy / Belt: GAP



Here's a slim tie/shirt combination that has been worn previously, paired with a suit.

As Egooneezer would say, "not bad".

10/07/09 - Wednesday

Shirt: Chaps / Tie: Old Navy / Belt: GAP / Pants: Calvin Klein



Love this tie, although I think it looks better paired with this shirt.

6/11/09 - Thursday

Shirt: Banana Republic / Tie: Old Navy / Vest: Club Room / Belt: GAP / Pants: H&M pants



Wore another vest combo to the office today. Remember this tie/shirt combo? The shirt really lends itself well to different combination opportunities.

A wise man once said: Buying pants/slacks at H&M if one is gravitationally-challenged side probably isn't the best idea.

Not really surprising, as they are a Swedish, i.e. European clothing company, but I thought I might as well throw this little nugget of knowledge out there.

6/09/09 - Tuesday

Shirt: Pierre Cardin / Tie: Old Navy / Belt: GAP / Pants: Perry Ellis



The other Old Navy tie I purchased. Only one person commented on it. I was surprised.

The ultimate interview tie this is not.

6/08/09 - Monday

Shirt: Chaps / Tie: Old Navy / Belt: GAP / Pants: Dockers Collection



Got two more old Navy ties over the weekend. Both fall more into the casual wear category but I decided to wear them to work this week. Unless you work at the corporate offices of John Deere, the tie worn today should probably only be worn during the holiday season.

5/05/09 - Tuesday

Shirt: Jos A Bank / Tie: Old Navy / Belt: Express / Pants: Calvin Klein



Here's the shirt (link) paired the shirt with another slim tie. I think I like the other tie better.